Lieutenant General Le Hien Van, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, attended the event.
The seminar's organizing panel received more than 100 papers from general-rank officers, scientists, and troops from units and agencies under the Ministry of National Defense. Accordingly, the seminar clarified the context when President Ho Chi Minh wrote his Testament, and affirmed the ideological and practical values of this document over the past 50 years since it was first published.
The seminar also analyzed President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morals and lifestyle which are reflected in his Testament and also point out hostile forces' wrongful viewpoints aiming at denying the ideological and realistic meanings of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament.
The same day, the academy held a ceremony to review the five-year implementation of “Promoting traditions, devoting talent, deserving to be Uncle Ho's soldiers” and “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morals, and style” movements. At the ceremony, the unit rewarded ten groups and 20 individuals for their outstanding achievements.
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Major General Nguyen Van Bao, Director of the Political Academy, addresses the event. |
* The Party Committee of Central Agencies on May 17 held a ceremony to review the three-year implementation of the Politburo’s Directive No.05 on enhancing the movement “Learning and following President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morals and lifestyle.” At the event, 44 groups and 34 individuals with typical achievements were rewarded.
* The Party Committee of Lao Cai province on May 17 held a conference to review the 50-year implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament and three years of implementing the Politburo’s Directive No.05 on enhancing the movement “Learning and following President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morals and lifestyle.”
* Army Corps 3 organized a conference to review and honor individuals with outstanding achievement in the movement of “Promoting traditions, devoting talent, deserving to be Uncle Ho's soldiers.” Over the past five years, the unit has conducted the movement in an effective, practical and comprehensive manner with various models and initiatives.
* Military Hospital 110 of Military Region 1 held a music festival with the participation of military youth union members. The event aimed to promote traditional songs of the Vietnam People's Army, and create a healthy cultural environment for its troops, as well as improve their solidarity in implementing assigned tasks.
* The Military Party Committee of Gia Lai province held a conference to review and honor the outstanding individuals with their achievements on the movement of “Promoting traditions, devoting talent, deserving to be Uncle Ho's soldiers” in the 2014-2019 period.
* The National Museum of Vietnamese History on May 17 opened a thematic exhibition in Hanoi, themed “Ho Chi Minh - Portrait of a person.”
The exhibition displayed nearly 200 images, artifacts, and documentaries, featuring the life and revolutionary activities of President Ho Chi Minh, who sacrificed his own life for the country’s independence and unification and for freedom and happiness of the people.
Among the exhibits, there are manuscripts, autographs, articles, works written or typed by the President, as well as three original artifacts, which have been recognized as national treasures: the book “Duong kach menh” (The Revolutionary Path), the poem collection “Nguc trung nhat ky” (Prison Diary) and the call for national resistance war against French colonialists by President Ho Chi Minh. The exhibition will run till August 2019.
Translated by Lam Anh